FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: CHRISTI HARLAN
Friday, October 29, 1999 202-224-0894

BANKING COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES HEARING
ON THE WTO'S MILLENNIUM ROUND

Sen. Phil Gramm, chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, has announced a full committee hearing on the World Trade Organization (WTO), its upcoming Seattle Ministerial Conference, and the expected launch of the Millennium Round of WTO trade negotiations.

WHAT:

The World Trade Organization, Seattle Ministerial Conference, and Millennium Round

WHEN:

10:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 2, 1999

WHERE:

Room 538 Dirksen Senate Building

WHO:

Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky
United States Trade Representative

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